The Cossacks, who emerged in the ancient Turkish homeland of Desht-i Qipchak during the historical process, became the pioneers and even direct implementers of Russian expansionism and colonization activities in the process after Ivan IV assumed the title of Tsar.
and then after Peter I transformed this state into an empire.
The Cossacks took part not only in Russia’s wars with the kingdoms in Eastern Europe, but also in the wars that broke out with the Ottoman Empire; they also played an important role in the occupation of the Siberian and Turkestan khanates.
This work in your hand sheds light on the history of the Russian Cossacks, which has not been studied comprehensively in the Turkish literature.
It sheds light on the history of the Cossacks and discusses their formation processes with a geographical classification.